Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian Once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important.Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we fry, and every burger we grill.Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is a book that, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, places Jonathan Safran Foer at the table with our greatest philosophers. Read Eating Animals – kino-fada.fr This isn t as much of a review of Jonathan Safran Foer s latest book as it is a reaction to it a reaction to the reactions of others, even The title of this book garners a reaction from people who haven t read it and who may never read it Just carry Eating Animals around for a few days and you ll understand There s an assumption that a book about eating animals is going to tell you that it is in some way wrong to eat animals whether for the welfare of animals or for your own welfare and This isn t as much of a review of Jonathan Safran Foer s latest book as it is a reaction to it a reaction to the reactions of others, even The title of this book garners a reaction from people who haven t read it and who may never read it Just carry Eating Animals around for a few days and you ll understand There s an assumption that a book about eating animals is going to tell you that it is in some way wrong to eat animals whether for the welfare of animals or for your own welfare and most people don t want to hear it We know something is wrong with meat today with how completely estranged we are from the process that turns animal into product We ha...This book should be required reading in America No joke.TO SERVE MANi can t review this book can t even finish it the page count to tears shed ratio is just too high and my head s not in the right place for this shit and talk about preaching to the choir i haven t read jonathan safran foer s novels and fuckoff what he s ever written or what he ever will write he s a great man for this book alone he s a great man by default, perhaps, because most people are such evil and miserable cunts but, no set apart from a race of miserable cunts TO SERVE MANi can t review this b...I am not a vegetarian Honestly, I ve never even tried to be a vegetarian at any point in my life I love steak I love bacon I love sushi I could go on, but you get the idea.With my son not being able to have any sort of gluten or artificial coloring in the food he eats, I ve always thought I was doing good by stopping by the actual farmer s stand to get fresh eggs and some fruit veggies one benefit of living in a small, hick town and then picking up my nicely packaged and already I am not a vegetarian Honestly, I ve never even tried to be a vegetarian at any point in my life I love steak I love bacon I love sushi I could go on, but you get the idea.With my son not being able to have any sort of gluten or artificial coloring in the food he eats, I ve always thought I was doing good by stopping by the actual farmer s stand to get fresh eggs and some fruit veggies one benefit of living in a small, hick town and then picking up my nicely packaged and already butc...I was torn how to rate this book It isn t perfect I noted many flaws in its comprehensiveness but it s amazing enough, so 5 stars it is.I ve read so many books such as this but none for a while, and it s because reading about how humans use animals is so devastating for me It s not just the books contents, it s knowing that, at most, only 1% of Americans feel as I do, that my feelings and beliefs are shared by so few The latest statistics I have are that 3% of Americans are truly I was torn how to rate this book It isn t perfect I noted many flaws in its comprehensiveness but it s amazing enough, so 5 stars it is.I ve read so many books such as this but none for a while, and it s because reading about how humans use animals is so devastating for me It s not just the books contents, it s knowing that, at most, only 1% of Americans feel as I do, that my feelings and beliefs are shared by so few The latest statistics I have are that 3% of Americans are truly vegetarian and 1% are vegan vegetarian never any meat, poultry, fish, vegan adds never any dairy, eggs, honey, leather, wool, silk, beeswax, or, as much as is feasible, any product of animal origin A...i ve long flirted with vegetarianism for a few months in the early 00s, i even dated her but i d never truly wanted to spend all of my time with her, send her flowers, or introduce her to my parents and everyone i ve ever cared about until i read this book.foer claims early on that he hasn t set out to write a book about why people should become vegetarians, an argument that holds zero ounces of water once you actually start reading his descriptions of factory farms i found it impossible i ve long flirted with vegetarianism for a few months in the early 00s, i even dated her but i d never truly wanted to spend all of my time with her, send her flowers, or introduce her to my parents and everyone i ve ever cared about until i read this book.foer claims early on that he hasn t set out to write a book about why people should become vegetarians, an argument that holds zero ounces of water once you actuall...I don t mean this dismissively, but I feel like I finally get what Charlton Heston meant when he cried out, Soylent Green is people It s peeeeople JustI don t know That movie s pretty silly, but I keep walking around the house feeling like all those years that I ate meat, I was really eating human souls And I even knew almost all of this information before reading the book I know I m being dramatic, as per usual, but there really is something about food that brings out both the I don t mean this dismissively, but I feel like I finally get what Charlton Heston meant when he cried out, Soylent Green is people It s peeeeople JustI don t know That movie s pretty silly, but I keep walking around the house feeling like all those years that I ate meat, I was really eating human souls And I even knew almost all of this information before reading the book I know I m being dramatic, as per usual, but there really is something about food that brings out both the best and the worst in humans I think that s part of the point of the title of this book It s about eating animals, but it s also about us being eating animals See what he did there Anyway, I can t give this book a full 5 stars because I have really high expectations for JSF, and, honestly, this book isn t extremely well organized I think the topic of what we eat is probably the most important one in American society today, though, and ...Well, fresh fruits and vegetables are alive and responsive to light when you eat them, grain harvesters leave a wake of maimed and mutilated wildlife, and a songbird dies for every cup of coffee I suspect that last is an imprecise ratio So, Burroughs poin...I realize I finished this book 10 days ago and have not rated itand I also can t stop thinking about it There s a lot I could say about this book and how much it made me think it s completely riddled with highlighter but honestly, most people I know wouldn t bother picking this up no matter what I say We eat animals because we re too selfish and stubborn to change We eat animals because we re too lazy to make the inconvenient choices We eat animals because we ve been told over and over I realize I finished this book 10 days ago and have not rated itand I also can t stop thinking about it There s a lot I could say about this book and how much it made me think it s completely riddled with highlighter but honestly, most people I know wouldn t bother picking this up no matter what I say We eat animals because we re too selfish and stubborn to change We eat animals because we re too lazy to make the inconvenient choices We eat animals because we ve been told over and over and over that it s the only healthy option We don t want to hear about where our food comes from because from the little we do know, we know it s horrible, and if we were truly educated about it we d have to admit the impact factory farming has on our health and our environment and the animals we con...Hear are my thoughts in order as I was reading this book.1 OMG..OMFG 2 Crapnow I m a vegatarian 3 I can never have my favorite Mongolian Chicken from Mings again snif.Yes in that order I have not eaten meat since half way through this book Will it stick I hope so.Not only the mind numbing crulety of the factory farms which is plenty , and the enviormental damage they cause, but the shear crap they feed the animals did it for me H1N1.factory farms traced back to a hog farm Hear are my thoughts in order as I was reading this book.1 OMG..OMFG 2 Crapnow I m a vegatarian 3 I can never have my favorite Mongolian Chicken from Mings again snif.Yes in that order I have not eaten meat since half way through this book Will it stick I hope so.Not only the mind numbing crulety of the factory farms which is plenty , and the enviormental damage they cause, but the shear crap they feed the animals did it for me H1N1.factory farms traced back to a hog farm in one of the Carolinas They feed them antibiotics in every meal That is how the resistant strains of bacteria are bornnow they are using Cipro, which the medical community screamed out against But the farm lobbies were stronger.most chickens and turkeys can t naturally reproduce any..What They have been so geneticly altered t...
- English
- 17 August 2019 Jonathan Safran Foer
- Hardcover
- 341 pages
- 0316069906
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Eating Animals